Japan:
Ministry Of Economy, Trade And Industry Publishes Manual For Creation Of De-Identified Information
05 October 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On August 8, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
("METI") published Reference Materials to Consider Methods to Create
De-Identified Information (source document in Japanese). Given
the utilization of big data for the creation and promotion of new
services and industry, METI prepared the manual as guidance for the
industry to create De-Identified Information under the new rules
established under the amended Personal Information Protection
Act.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
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